# 轉

| 轉 | U+8F49, &#36681; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F49 |
| ← 轈 [U+8F48] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 轊 → [U+8F4A] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 轉 |
| Shinjitai | 転 |
| Simplified | 转 |

### Han character

轉 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 十十十戈戈 (JJJII), four-corner 5504$_3$, composition ⿰車專)

#### Derived characters

* 囀(𫝚/啭), 𡤛, 𮁗, 𮎀, 𩧜

#### Related characters

* 転 (Japanese shinjitai)
* 转 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1248, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38507
* Dae Jaweon: page 1726, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3552, character 4
* Unihan data for U+8F49

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 轉 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Qin slip script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 竱 | *toːn, *tjonʔ |
| 團 | *doːn |
| 摶 | *doːn, *doːn, *donʔ |
| 篿 | *doːn, *tjon |
| 慱 | *doːn |
| 剸 | *doːn, *tjonʔ, *tjons |
| 鄟 | *doːn, *tjon, *djonʔ |
| 漙 | *doːn |
| 鷒 | *doːn, *tjon |
| 轉 | *tonʔ, *tons |
| 傳 | *tons, *don, *dons |
| 囀 | *tons |
| 縳 | *donʔ, *dons |
| 專 | *tjon |
| 磚 | *tjon |
| 甎 | *tjon |
| 塼 | *tjon |
| 嫥 | *tjon |
| 膞 | *tjon, *tjonʔ, *djonʔ |
| 鱄 | *tjon, *tjonʔ |
| 蓴 | *djun |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tonʔ, *tons) : semantic 車 (“carriage”) + phonetic 專 (OC *tjon).

### Etymology

Possibly related to:
* Old Tibetan འདྲུལ ('drul, “to transmit; to communicate”) (Schuessler, 2007), or
* Tibetan སྲུལ (srul, “to move to and fro; to stir”), Burmese ရွေ့ (rwe., “to move; to be displaced”), ရွှေ့ (hrwe., “to move or shift something”) (Starostin).
An allofam is perhaps *don (“round”). Compare Vietnamese tròn (“round; circle; entire; whole”), trọn (“fully; completely; all”), as well as the following Chinese words:
* 團 (OC *doːn, “ball; circle; lump”),
* 摶 (OC *doːn, *doːn, *donʔ, “to roll up into a ball”).
Derivative: 傳 (OC *tons, *don, *dons, “to relay; to pass on; to transfer; relay station; biography; record”).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhuǎn (zhuan$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zuan$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun$^2$ / zyun$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): zon$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chón
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zon$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): diōng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tńg / túiⁿ / choán
    (Teochew, Peng'im): deng$^2$ / zuêng$^2$ / zuang$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tsoe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuǎn
*** Wade–Giles: chuan$^3$
*** Yale: jwǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joan
*** Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: zuan$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zuan
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suan⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zyun$^2$ / zyun$^3$
*** Yale: jyún / jyun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn$^2$ / dzyn$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jun$^2$ / jun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syːn³⁵/, /t͡syːn³³/
* zyun2 - literary;
* zyun3 - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: trjwenX
Rime :
| Character | 轉 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (80) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 陟兖切 |
| Baxter | trjwenX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈˠiuᴇn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʷᵚiɛn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶiuæn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈwian$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶjuɛn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶĭwɛn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶi̯wɛn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhuǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyun$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-tronʔ/, /*tronʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tonʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 轉 | 轉 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhuǎn | zhuǎn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trjwen$^X$ › | ‹ trjwen$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mə-tronʔ/ | /*tronʔ/ |
| English | turn around, transfer | 輾轉 toss and turn ((Ode 1.2, 145.3) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 轉 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 17674 |
| Phonetic component | 專 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 轉 |
| Old Chinese | /*tonʔ/ |

#### Definitions

轉
* (transitive) to turn; to revolve
* to wind; to entwine
* winding; circuitous
* (transitive) to change; to shift; to alter
    轉換／转换 ― zhuǎnhuàn ― to change
    轉大人／转大人 [Hokkien] ― tńg tāi-jîn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to become an adult
    轉敗為勝／转败为胜 ― zhuǎn bài wèi shèng ― to turn defeat into victory
* to change direction; to turn
* (Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu) to return; to come or go back
    轉來／转来 [Shanghainese] ― $^5$tsoe-le [Wugniu] ― to come back; to return
    轉去／转去 [Shanghainese] ― $^5$tsoe-chi [Wugniu] ― to go back; to return
* (Wu) to think; to contemplate; to turn over in one's mind
* (Xiamen Hokkien) to mediate; to reconcile
* (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese) Classifier for times or round trips.
* to change position; to move
* to wave; to flutter
* to divert; to transfer
* to evade; to avoid
* to be transferred to another post
* to sell; to transfer the ownership
* to transport; to relay; to carry in a cart
* to discard; to abandon
* to leave; to depart
* to chant; to utter (spell); to recite
* (Mainland China Hokkien) to circulate capital to meet financial need for turnover
* a surname

#### Usage notes

The Cantonese reading 'zyun2' bears the meaning "to turn, transfer" whereas the reading 'zyun3' means "to revolve".

#### Synonyms

* (to change direction):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 轉, 拐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 拐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 轉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 轉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 轉 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 斡 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 斡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 斡 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 斡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 斡 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 斡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 斡 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 斡 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 斡 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 斡 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 彎 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 斡 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 斡 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 斡 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 斡 |
* (to return):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 回, 歸 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 回, 返回, 回歸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 回 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 回 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 回 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 回 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 轉, 回 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 回 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 返 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 返 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 返 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 返 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 返 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 返 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 返 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 轉 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 轉 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 歸 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 轉 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 轉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 轉 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 轉 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 轉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 轉 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 轉, 倒 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 轉 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 倒 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 轉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 轉 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 回, 轉 rare |

#### Compounds

* 一轉眼 / 一转眼
* 一轉語 / 一转语
* 三回九轉 / 三回九转
* 三回五轉 / 三回五转
* 三回兩轉 / 三回两转
* 三轉身 / 三转身
* 九轉丹 / 九转丹
* 九轉金丹 / 九转金丹
* 二人轉 / 二人转
* 倒轉 / 倒转
* 偏轉 / 偏转
* 偏轉軛 / 偏转轭
* 傳真存轉 / 传真存转
* 兌轉 / 兑转
* 兜得轉 / 兜得转
* 內轉 / 内转
* 兩面轉圜 / 两面转圜
* 別轉 / 别转
* 動轉 / 动转
* 十轉九空 / 十转九空
* 千迴百轉 / 千回百转
* 反轉 / 反转
* 右轉 / 右转 (yòuzhuǎn)
* 周轉 / 周转 (zhōuzhuǎn)
* 周轉不靈 / 周转不灵
* 哀腸百轉 / 哀肠百转
* 回心轉意 / 回心转意 (huíxīnzhuǎnyì)
* 回船轉舵 / 回船转舵
* 回轉 / 回转 (huízhuǎn)
* 回黃轉綠 / 回黄转绿
* 型別轉換 / 型别转换
* 大寬轉 / 大宽转
* 大轉彎 / 大转弯
* 天旋地轉 / 天旋地转 (tiānxuándìzhuǎn)
* 天旋日轉 / 天旋日转
* 好轉 / 好转 (hǎozhuǎn)
* 婉轉 / 婉转 (wǎnzhuǎn)
* 宛轉 / 宛转 (wǎnzhuǎn)
* 宛轉周折 / 宛转周折
* 實況轉播 / 实况转播
* 寬轉 / 宽转
* 尋村轉疃 / 寻村转疃
* 對轉 / 对转 (duìzhuǎn)
* 展轉 / 展转
* 展轉反側 / 展转反侧
* 峰迴路轉 / 峰回路转 (fēnghuílùzhuǎn)
* 左轉 / 左转 (zuǒzhuǎn)
* 心回意轉 / 心回意转
* 心意回轉 / 心意回转
* 急轉彎 / 急转弯 (jízhuǎnwān)
* 急轉直下 / 急转直下 (jízhuǎnzhíxià)
* 愁腸九轉 / 愁肠九转
* 意轉心回 / 意转心回
* 打寬轉 / 打宽转
* 扭轉 / 扭转 (niǔzhuǎn)
* 批轉 / 批转
* 抄轉 / 抄转
* 承轉 / 承转 (chéngzhuǎn)
* 扭轉乾坤 / 扭转乾坤 (niǔzhuǎnqiánkūn)
* 扭轉頹勢 / 扭转颓势
* 指定轉接 / 指定转接
* 推轉 / 推转
* 掇轉 / 掇转
* 掉轉 / 掉转 (diàozhuǎn)
* 掉轉頭 / 掉转头
* 擗轉 / 擗转
* 支轉 / 支转
* 斗杓轉勢 / 斗杓转势
* 斗轉參橫 / 斗转参横
* 斗轉星移 (dǒuzhuǎnxīngyí)
* 旁轉 / 旁转
* 旋乾轉坤 / 旋乾转坤
* 旋轉 / 旋转
* 旋轉乾坤 / 旋转乾坤
* 旋轉球 / 旋转球
* 旋轉餐廳 / 旋转餐厅
* 旋轉體 / 旋转体
* 星移斗轉
* 時來運轉 / 时来运转 (shíláiyùnzhuǎn)
* 暗轉 / 暗转 (ànzhuǎn)
* 更轉一竿 / 更转一竿
* 東轉西晃 / 东转西晃
* 油回磨轉 / 油回磨转
* 流轉 / 流转 (liúzhuǎn)
* 漕轉 / 漕转
* 目不轉睛 / 目不转睛 (mù bù zhuǎn jīng)
* 目不轉視 / 目不转视
* 看風轉舵 / 看风转舵
* 眴轉 / 眴转
* 磨轉 / 磨转
* 租稅轉嫁 / 租税转嫁
* 移轉 / 移转 (yízhuǎn)
* 移轉支付 / 移转支付
* 稻田轉作 / 稻田转作
* 繚轉 / 缭转
* 翻轉 / 翻转 (fānzhuǎn)
* 肚轉腸鳴 / 肚转肠鸣
* 苟弟轉酷 / 苟弟转酷
* 萍飄蓬轉 / 萍飘蓬转
* 蓬轉 / 蓬转
* 衛星轉播 / 卫星转播
* 見風轉篷 / 见风转篷
* 見風轉舵 / 见风转舵 (jiànfēngzhuǎnduò)
* 調轉 / 调转 (diàozhuǎn)
* 買轉 / 买转
* 起承轉合 / 起承转合 (qǐchéngzhuǎnhé)
* 踅轉 / 踅转
* 輪轉 / 轮转 (lúnzhuǎn)
* 輾轉 / 辗转
* 輾轉不寐 / 辗转不寐
* 輾轉反側 / 辗转反侧 (zhǎnzhuǎnfǎncè)
* 輾轉相傳 / 辗转相传
* 轉世 / 转世 (zhuǎnshì)
* 轉世投胎 / 转世投胎
* 轉丸 / 转丸
* 轉交 / 转交 (zhuǎnjiāo)
* 轉任 / 转任 (zhuǎnrèn)
* 轉伸 / 转伸
* 轉作 / 转作
* 轉來 / 转来 (zhuǎnlái)
* 轉依 / 转依
* 轉側 / 转侧
* 轉側不安 / 转侧不安
* 轉入 / 转入 (zhuǎnrù)
* 轉包 / 转包 (zhuǎnbāo)
* 轉化 / 转化 (zhuǎnhuà)
* 轉化作用 / 转化作用
* 轉化爐 / 转化炉
* 轉化酶 / 转化酶
* 轉印 / 转印
* 轉危為安 / 转危为安 (zhuǎnwēiwéi'ān)
* 轉印紙 / 转印纸
* 轉口 / 转口 (zhuǎnkǒu)
* 轉口稅 / 转口税
* 轉口貿易 / 转口贸易
* 轉告 / 转告 (zhuǎngào)
* 轉售 / 转售 (zhuǎnshòu)
* 轉圜 / 转圜 (zhuǎnhuán)
* 轉型 / 转型 (zhuǎnxíng)
* 轉型期 / 转型期
* 轉嫁 / 转嫁 (zhuǎnjià)
* 轉學 / 转学 (zhuǎnxué)
* 轉帳 / 转帐 (zhuǎnzhàng)
* 轉帳交易 / 转帐交易
* 轉彎子 / 转弯子
* 轉彎抹角 / 转弯抹角 (zhuǎnwānmòjiǎo)
* 轉役 / 转役
* 轉徙 / 转徙 (zhuǎnxǐ)
* 轉念 / 转念 (zhuǎnniàn)
* 轉悲為喜 / 转悲为喜
* 轉意回心 / 转意回心
* 轉愁為喜 / 转愁为喜
* 轉憂成喜 / 转忧成喜
* 轉憂為喜 / 转忧为喜
* 轉戰 / 转战 (zhuǎnzhàn)
* 轉戰千里 / 转战千里
* 轉手 / 转手 (zhuǎnshǒu)
* 轉折 / 转折 (zhuǎnzhé)
* 轉折親 / 转折亲
* 轉投資 / 转投资
* 轉折點 / 转折点 (zhuǎnzhédiǎn)
* 轉接 / 转接 (zhuǎnjiē)
* 轉捩點 / 转捩点 (zhuǎnlièdiǎn)
* 轉換 / 转换 (zhuǎnhuàn)
* 轉換器 / 转换器 (zhuǎnhuànqì)
* 轉換基金 / 转换基金
* 轉播 / 转播 (zhuǎnbō)
* 轉播站 / 转播站
* 轉敗為功 / 转败为功
* 轉敗為勝 / 转败为胜
* 轉文 / 转文
* 轉日回天 / 转日回天
* 轉椅 / 转椅
* 轉業 / 转业 (zhuǎnyè)
* 轉機 / 转机 (zhuǎnjī)
* 轉檯 / 转台
* 轉正 / 转正 (zhuǎnzhèng)
* 轉死溝壑 / 转死沟壑
* 轉死溝渠 / 转死沟渠
* 轉注 / 转注 (zhuǎnzhù)
* 轉漕 / 转漕
* 轉漏 / 转漏
* 轉灣抹角 / 转湾抹角
* 轉災為福 / 转灾为福
* 轉燭 / 转烛
* 轉珠繩子 / 转珠绳子
* 轉生 / 转生 (zhuǎnshēng)
* 轉發 / 转发 (zhuǎnfā)
* 轉盼 / 转盼
* 轉盼多情 / 转盼多情
* 轉看轉好 / 转看转好
* 轉眼 / 转眼 (zhuǎnyǎn)
* 轉眼之間 / 转眼之间
* 轉瞬 / 转瞬 (zhuǎnshùn)
* 轉禍為福 / 转祸为福
* 轉租 / 转租 (zhuǎnzū)
* 轉移 / 转移 (zhuǎnyí)
* 轉移視線 / 转移视线
* 轉筋 / 转筋 (zhuànjīn)
* 轉糧 / 转粮
* 轉系 / 转系
* 轉背 / 转背
* 轉臉 / 转脸
* 轉臺 / 转台
* 轉舵 / 转舵
* 轉花兒 / 转花儿
* 轉蓬 / 转蓬
* 轉行 / 转行 (zhuǎnháng)
* 轉角 / 转角 (zhuǎnjiǎo)
* 轉託 / 转托
* 轉診 / 转诊 (zhuǎnzhěn)
* 轉話 / 转话
* 轉語 / 转语
* 轉調 / 转调 (zhuǎndiào)
* 轉讀 / 转读
* 轉變 / 转变 (zhuǎnbiàn)
* 轉讓 / 转让 (zhuǎnràng)
* 轉賣 / 转卖 (zhuǎnmài)
* 轉贈 / 转赠 (zhuǎnzèng)
* 轉赴 / 转赴
* 轉踏 / 转踏
* 轉身 / 转身 (zhuǎnshēn)
* 轉車 / 转车 (zhuǎnchē)
* 轉載 / 转载
* 轉載稿 / 转载稿
* 轉輪 / 转轮
* 轉輪聖王 / 转轮圣王
* 轉轂 / 转毂
* 轉輾反側 / 转辗反侧
* 轉轉相因 / 转转相因
* 轉轍 / 转辙
* 轉轍器 / 转辙器
* 轉述 / 转述 (zhuǎnshù)
* 轉送 / 转送 (zhuǎnsòng)
* 轉速 / 转速 (zhuànsù)
* 轉速計 / 转速计
* 轉速錶 / 转速表 (zhuǎnsùbiǎo)
* 轉進 / 转进 (zhuǎnjìn)
* 轉進作戰 / 转进作战
* 轉達 / 转达 (zhuǎndá)
* 轉運 / 转运 (zhuǎnyùn)
* 轉道 / 转道
* 轉運使 / 转运使
* 轉運站 / 转运站 (zhuǎnyùnzhàn)
* 轉錄 / 转录 (zhuǎnlù)
* 轉關兒 / 转关儿
* 轉韻 / 转韵
* 轉頭 / 转头
* 轉風 / 转风
* 轉首 / 转首
* 轉鬥千里 / 转斗千里
* 農轉非 / 农转非
* 迴環轉折 / 回环转折
* 逆轉 / 逆转 (nìzhuǎn)
* 迴轉 / 回转 (huízhuǎn)
* 迴轉儀 / 回转仪
* 運轉 / 运转 (yùnzhuǎn)
* 鈞旋轂轉 / 钧旋毂转
* 陰陽對轉 / 阴阳对转
* 隨風轉舵 / 随风转舵
* 順風轉舵 / 顺风转舵
* 風流婉轉 / 风流婉转
* 飛砂轉石 / 飞砂转石
* 飛米轉芻 / 飞米转刍
* 飛芻轉餉 / 飞刍转饷

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhuàn (zhuan$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zuan$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun$^3$ / zyun$^6$ / zyun$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chon
* Eastern Min (BUC): diōng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): choàn / tńg / túiⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zuêng$^2$ / zuang$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tsoe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuàn
*** Wade–Giles: chuan$^4$
*** Yale: jwàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juann
*** Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: zuan$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zuan
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suan²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zyun$^3$ / zyun$^6$ / zyun$^2$
*** Yale: jyun / jyuhn / jyún
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn$^3$ / dzyn$^6$ / dzyn$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jun$^3$ / jun$^6$ / jun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syːn³³/, /t͡syːn²²/, /t͡syːn³⁵/
* zyun6 - hair whorl;
* zyun2 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: trjwenH
Rime :
| Character | 轉 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (80) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 知戀切 |
| Baxter | trjwenH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈˠiuᴇn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʷᵚiɛn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶiuæn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈwian$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶjuɛn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶĭwɛn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶi̯wɛn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhuàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyun$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tons/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 轉 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 17675 |
| Phonetic component | 專 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 囀 |
| Old Chinese | /*tons/ |

#### Definitions

轉
* (intransitive) to revolve; to rotate; to turn
* revolution; rotation; turn
* (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Min, dialectal Wu) hair whorl
* number of times; time
* to wind around; to go around; bypass
* to lose (way); to get lost
* (colloquial) to stroll; to saunter; to amble; to wander
    From: 李恆瑞, 風箏暢想曲
    Jiàrì dào hétān shàng zhuànzhuan, kànjiàn xǔduō háizi zài fàng fēngzheng. [Pinyin]
    At the holiday, I went strolling on the riverbank where I saw some kids flying kites.
* Alternative form of 囀 / 啭 (zhuàn, “to chirp; to warble; to chirrup”)
* (music) RPM
    78轉黑膠／78转黑胶 ― 78 zhuàn hēijiāo ― 78 RPM record

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 髮旋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 旋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 旋兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 旋兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 旋兒, 頭髮旋兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 旋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 旋, 頭髮旋兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 旋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 旋兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 旋兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 旋兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 旋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 頂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 旋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 頭髮轉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 頭髮轉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 頭髮轉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 頭髮轉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 頭轉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 頭轉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 頭轉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 旋 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 頂 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 串 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 頭髮轉 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 腦殼轉 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 頭轉 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 轉 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 旋 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 旋兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 旋 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 旋 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 旋 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 㾭禾旋 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 旋 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 頭那毛轉 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 旋 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 旋 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 旋 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 旋 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 毛旋 |
| Hakka | Changting | 旋 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 旋 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 旋 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 腦頂 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 旋 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 旋 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 旋 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 旋 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 旋 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 旋 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 旋 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 旋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 旋 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 淵 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 頭腡, 旋腡, 腡 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 旋 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 旋 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 旋 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 旋 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 旋 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 旋 |

#### Compounds

* 二人轉 / 二人转
* 公轉 / 公转 (gōngzhuàn)
* 團團轉 / 团团转 (tuántuánzhuàn)
* 太陽自轉 / 太阳自转
* 打磨磨轉 / 打磨磨转
* 打轉 / 打转 (dǎzhuàn)
* 昏頭轉向 / 昏头转向
* 暈頭轉向 / 晕头转向
* 溜溜轉 / 溜溜转 (liūliūzhuàn)
* 牛回磨轉 / 牛回磨转
* 玩不轉 / 玩不转
* 玩得轉 / 玩得转
* 矇頭轉向 / 蒙头转向
* 空轉 / 空转 (kōngzhuàn)
* 自轉 / 自转 (zìzhuàn)
* 螺螄轉兒 / 螺蛳转儿
* 轉一轉 / 转一转
* 轉動 / 转动
* 轉向 / 转向
* 轉圈 / 转圈 (zhuànquān)
* 轉子 / 转子 (zhuànzǐ)
* 轉彎 / 转弯
* 轉燈 / 转灯 (zhuàndēng)
* 轉盤 / 转盘 (zhuànpán)
* 轉磨 / 转磨
* 轉磨磨 / 转磨磨
* 轉腰子 / 转腰子
* 轉軸 / 转轴 (zhuànzhóu)
* 轉輪手槍 / 转轮手枪
* 連軸兒轉 / 连轴儿转
* 飛轉 / 飞转 (fēizhuàn)

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhuǎi (zhuai$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄞˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuǎi
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄞˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuǎi
*** Wade–Giles: chuai$^3$
*** Yale: jwǎi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joai
*** Palladius: чжуай (čžuaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯aɪ̯²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

轉
* (Mandarin, colloquial) Alternative form of 拽 (“to act pretentiously; to show off”)

#### Compounds

* 轉文 / 转文

### Pronunciation 4

* Eastern Min (BUC): chông
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): choān
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ruêng$^2$ / ruang$^2$
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chông
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰouŋ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choān
*** Tâi-lô: tsuān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoan
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ruêng$^2$ / ruang$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: juéng / juáng
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zueŋ⁵²/, /d͡zuaŋ⁵²/

#### Definitions

轉
* (Min) to twist with force or with a tool

### References

* “Entry #12657”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 転 |
| Kyūjitai | 轉 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 転)
* (to) shift
* (to) move
* (to) turn

#### Readings

* Go-on: てん (ten)
* Kan-on: てん (ten)
* Kun: ころぶ (korobu, 轉ぶ)、ころがす (korogasu, 轉がす)、ころがる (korogaru, 轉がる)、ころげる (korogeru, 轉げる)、めぐる (meguru)、まろぶ (marobu, 轉ぶ)、うつる (utsuru, 轉る)
* Nanori: うたた (utata)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 轉 (MC trjwenX|trjwenH). Recorded as Middle Korean 뎐〯 (tyěn) (Yale: tyen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 轉 (eumhun 구를 전 (gureul jeon))
* hanja form of 전 (“(to) turn; (to) move”)

#### Compounds

* 공전 (公轉, gongjeon)
* 급전 (急轉, geupjeon)
* 반전 (反轉, banjeon)
* 역전 (逆轉, yeokjeon)
* 운전 (運轉, unjeon)
* 이전 (移轉, ijeon)
* 자전 (自轉, jajeon)
* 전가 (轉嫁, jeon'ga)
* 전락 (轉落, jeollak)
* 전송 (轉送, jeonsong)
* 전이 (轉移, jeoni)
* 전임 (轉任, jeonim)
* 전입 (轉入, jeonip)
* 전학 (轉學, jeonhak)
* 전향 (轉向, jeonhyang)
* 전환 (轉換, jeonhwan)
* 호전 (好轉, hojeon)
* 회전 (回轉, hoejeon)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

轉: Hán Nôm readings: chuyển, chuyên, chuyền, chuyến
* (to) shift
* (to) move
* (to) turn

#### References

* Nom Foundation